Klaus Mosettig Österreich , b. 1975
Planes 11, 2020
Bleistift auf Papier / pencil on paper
77x82 cm
KM/013
copyright by the artist
Photo: Klaus Mosettig
In 2017, Mosettig began his series 'Leros', which includes the 'Planes' shown here. During the first big wave of refugees on the Greek islands, the refugees were initially registered in...
In 2017, Mosettig began his series "Leros", which includes the "Planes" shown here. During the first big wave of refugees on the Greek islands, the refugees were initially registered in the old-fashioned way. Fingerprints were taken by means of ink and the procedure, which took place at long wooden tables at the port, left marks on the documents. This initial registration often took hours, sometimes days, and migrants sometimes carved their drawings into the surrounding plane trees while waiting. Subjective signs have emerged: Initials, signs in any form and language. "But the plane tree is not a good data storage: as is well known, it is a tree that sheds its skin every year, that is, it sheds its bark in shreds, so that the drawing will gradually disappear depending on the depth of the scratching." (Thus Catharina Kahane.) Klaus Mosettig has preserved the traces and also represented them in the treatment of the paper: it is partly roughened, almost injured - an emotional transfer of the original.
Provenance
directly from the artists studiofrom the series Leros (Planes), which started in 2017
Exhibitions
Klaus Mosettig, we have a double nature, bechter kastowsky galerie, Schaan, Liechtenstein.Publications
Klaus Mosettig, Leros, Handwriting / Negative Handwriting / PlanesSign up for our newsletter
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